Almost 18 years have
passed since the release of one of the most
important releases in Eastern Asian Black Metal
history – and now it is finally going to be
repressed, for the first time on vinyl! It is time
for the “The Great Rites”-EP to finally get the
deserved attention.

As soon as the needle touches the vinyl for the
first time, one is being transported back to the old
days, when Black Metal was defined. Cold hatred is
matched with buzzing guitars and an unmistakable
atmosphere. There is no doubt: This is a lecture
that only could have been created by bands of the
second wave of Black Metal and that should be a
source of inspiration for more contemporary Black
Metal acts from Scandinavia.

Eventually a slight chill will rise from the soil of
your “A Blaze in the Northern Sky” because
DARKTHRONEs infamous Fenriz was one of the first to
notice the quality of NEBIRAS and has honored them
by giving his regards in the booklet of said album.
His letter exchange with Euronymous shows that
Bandleader Agathos Daemon was no stranger to the
Norwegian scene. Listening to “The Great Rites” one
cannot miss the influences those two contacts had on
the sound of NEBIRAS, when time and time again one
is taken on a journey through the deepest woods of
Norway. Not only did Agathos Daemon stay in contact
with the Scandinavian forefathers, but also with the
whole rising European Black Metal-scene, with bands
such as SAMAEL and ROTTING CHRIST. Being the head of
the Watchtower Fraternity Circle, which was the
Malaysian counterpart of the famous Black Circle in
Norway, Agathos Daemon formed a strong scene with
RATOR, CONQUEROR (Mal) and BAZZAH.

Special thanks go out to Wan Syamsul of the
Malaysian Deadhead-Zine and Afterlife Productions
for making this release possible in the first place.
Dunkelheit Produktionen is going to treat this task
with the given respect. The release is dedicated to
the former guitarist of NEBIRAS, Y. Occultust, who
died in a car accident two years before the initial
release of “The Great Rites”.

This important piece of Asian music history is
presented as 180g vinyl incl. an A2-poster in an
edition of 500 copies. The first 150 copies will be
collector’s items on red vinyl and the remaining 350
copies will be issued in the most classic color of
all: pitch black. The release is single-sided,
presenting an occult emblem on the back, matching
the aura of NEBIRAS in a perfect manner.

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